Past tense - was [adjective]
Structure
- い-Adjective[
い] + かった
- い-Adjective → short past form → polite past form
- おおき
い+ かった → おおきかった → おおきかったです- おいし
い+ かった → おいしかった → おいしかったです- はや
い+ かった → はやかった → はやかったです
If using “です” after “かった” is not “academically correct Japanese”, what is?
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Using “かった” without “です”, that is, ending the sentence with “～かった。” is considered “academically correct Japanese”.
(Sorry for necroing this apparently unanswered question.)
I think the question was, what is then considered correct polite past form from Bunpro’s point of view. Surely a simple かった without です would be considered non-polite, so it cannot be that.
Bunpro article on one hand instructs to use です, on the other hand seems to warn against using it, but then doesn’t give any alternative… Is this caution block even needed, especially at N5 level?
